your head

English

Etymology

Compare Chinese 你個頭 / 你个头 (nǐ gè tóu), Malay kepala otak kau.

Phrase

your head

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) My foot, my ass (a dismissive response to someone's remark)
    Working after school hours part of 'service'? Your head lah.[1]
    • 2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene xvii, page 64:
      young father: […] If things work out this time, I tell you, you are going to live like a queen. […]
      young mother: […] Queen your head.

References

  1. ^ Headline of mrbrown article[1], October 10, 2016.
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